Second Hand Aero USAAF Leather A-2 40-3785-P Horsehide Leather Jacket Size 48 Rocky Mountain retailer The leather used is a

The leather used is a brown veg tanned deer skin and we know by experience that this is the kind of leather that will age with dignity and with time it will develop a great patina

suspender buttons and a cinch back

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from a master pattern hand constructed from jeweller’s wax

It is saddle stitched in some parts but also constructed using a leather strap instead of seams

Second Hand Aero USAAF Leather A-2 40-3785-P Horsehide Leather Jacket Size 48 Rocky Mountain retailer The leather used is aThe history of the A 2 flight jacket runs back to the early 30's when it became the standard issued flight jacket used by the US Air Force. One of the main differences from it's predecessor, the A 1 jacket, is the addition of a zipper instead of buttons. The jacket remained in service up until 1943 and it is perhaps one of the most iconic leather jackets ever made. Many of the civilian causal and leisure styled leather jackets that became popular